125 affordable housing, consumer, health, energy efficiency, environmental, business, and other organizations at the national, state and local levels sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) urging adoption of energy efficiency standards for new homes backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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The letter urges the NAIC should be more transparent about the scope of the data call. The letter poses a series of questions, including which states are participating in it, from which insurance companies they will collect data, and what data will be collected. The letter urges that the complete data set collected must be…
NCLC signed on to a coalition letter urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue a final PACE rule. Last year, we applauded the Bureau for proposing a strong rule that would ensure PACE borrowers receive critically important consumer protections under Regulation Z. But the proposed rule came five years after Congress amended the Truth…
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The National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients) submits the following comments in response to the Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). We appreciate that the DOJ, HHS, and FTC…
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This is a set of high level principles from civil society groups regarding connected car protections for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Connected car systems often make it very difficult for consumers to be aware of and to prevent the sharing of detailed driving data to other parties and this is particularly dangerous for…
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Louis et al v. Saferent Solutions, LLC et al, 1:22-CV-10800-AK (D. Mass.) This class action lawsuit alleges that a national tenant screening provider was violating the Fair Housing Act and related state laws for years. SafeRent, formerly known as CoreLogic Rental Property Solutions, provides tenant screening services that disproportionately give low scores to Black and…